Catalytic converters are used in automobiles to convert pollutants in engine emissions to benign products. Catalytic converters in today's automobiles are made of a porous ceramic brick that has been coated with catalysts, additives, stabilizers, and support materials. Corning has developed bricks that have very thin-walled channels with 600 channels per square inch. Which of the following research goals did they target?

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Catalysis

Kinetics : ConcVsTimeGraph (8 Variations)
The following graph shows the change in concentration as a function of time for the reaction:
2NO2(g) + F2(g) 2NO2F(g)
What do each of the curves A, B, and C represent?

Kinetics : Enzyme (7 Variations)
Trypsin assists in digestion by breaking proteins down into smaller peptides. However, this process is not as efficient in the presence of fluorophosphates. Identify the role of each of these components.

Using the graph below, calculate the rate constant for this reaction at 40.0oC.

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Chemometrics

Kinetics : ArrheniusTemp (3 Variations)
The activation energy for the isomerization of cyclopropane to propene is 274 kJ/mol. By what factor does the rate of reaction increase as the temperature rises from 500oC to 550oC assuming all else remains constant? (R = 8.314 J/mol k)

Hint: This is asking for the ratio of rates which is proportional to the ratio of the rate constants, all else being equal.

(1) Based on the units of the rate constant, what is the order of the reaction? {1:MULTICHOICE:zero-order#No, that is not correct.~=first-order#Correct!~second-order#No, that is not correct.~third-order#No, that is not correct.}

(2) What is the concentration of CH3CN after 0.20 minutes of reaction if the initial concentration is 0.10 M? {1:NUMERICAL:=4e-4:1e-5#Correct!~%50%4e-4:5e-5#Close, but not quite.}(Do not include units!)